From Proto-Basque *(h)altza, with the ending reinterpreted as an article. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *alizō.[1]
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haltz inan
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | haltz | haltza | haltzak |
ergative | haltzek | haltzak | haltzek |
dative | haltzi | haltzari | haltzei |
genitive | haltzen | haltzaren | haltzen |
comitative | haltzekin | haltzarekin | haltzekin |
causative | haltzengatik | haltzarengatik | haltzengatik |
benefactive | haltzentzat | haltzarentzat | haltzentzat |
instrumental | haltzez | haltzaz | haltzez |
inessive | haltzetan | haltzean | haltzetan |
locative | haltzetako | haltzeko | haltzetako |
allative | haltzetara | haltzera | haltzetara |
terminative | haltzetaraino | haltzeraino | haltzetaraino |
directive | haltzetarantz | haltzerantz | haltzetarantz |
destinative | haltzetarako | haltzerako | haltzetarako |
ablative | haltzetatik | haltzetik | haltzetatik |
partitive | haltzik | — | — |
prolative | halztzat | — | — |
From Middle High German hals, from Old High German hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck, throat”). Cognate with German Hals, archaic English halse.
haltz m (plural hélzar) (Sette Comuni)